Trivia

Offered a reward of $5,000 after her pet dog went missing, The pet was later safely found and returned. The couple who found the dog never received the reward. (2004).

She has five sisters: Raquel, Graziela, Gabriela, Rafaela, and Patricia Bundchen (who is her fraternal twin).

Her curvaceous figure prompted Vogue magazine to refer to her body of work as the "return of the sexy model", since she seems to have marked the end of a trend of "waif" models such as Kate Moss.

Forbes magazine named her the best-paid and powerful supermodel in the world, with earnings of 15.2 million dollars a year. She also makes millions with her sandals line.

Gave birth to her 1st child at age 29, a son Benjamin Rain Brady on December 8, 2009. Child's father is her husband, Tom Brady.

Originally wanted to be a professional volleyball player and had even thought of becoming a member for Brazilian team, Sogipa.

In 2003 she donated $150,000 - her fee for one fashion show in São Paulo Fashion Week - to help fight hunger in her native Brazil (January 27, 2003).

Gisele made her first international fashion show for british designer Alexander McQueen, who once named her as "The Body".

Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 32, a daughter Vivian Lake Brady on December 5, 2012. Child's father is her husband, Tom Brady.

Her personal fortune is valued at 150 million dollars, and she is in the Guinness Book of Records as "the world's richest supermodel".

Her older sister, Raquel, is a Brazilian federal judge.

She was rejected by 42 agents when she was 17. Even before that, she contends she was rejected over 100 more times by agents. She told Oprah in an interview they kept saying her nose was too big to be a model and she was ready to quit.

Of German-Brazilian heritage

Her mother, Vânia Bundchen, starred with her in a Victoria's Secret ad for mother's day. Her father also made a commercial with her, for credit card company Credicard.

Forbes magazine named her the best-paid model of all time.

Speaks Portuguese as her native language, as well as English as her second language.

(February 26, 2009) Married her boyfriend of 2 years Tom Brady after a month-long engagement.

Designed a limited edition necklace sold to raise money for St. Jude Children's Hospital cancer treatment efforts.

She is the owner of a hotel in Rio Grande do Sul State, south of Brazil, the Palladium Executive Flat.

Gisele appeared in more than 7,000 magazine covers around the world. The only woman who made more covers was Princess Diana.

Spokesmodel of Christian Dior.

Chosen by Brazilian magazine IstoÉ Gente as the "most powerful woman in Brazil". (13 March 2006).

Gisele was invited to host the Brazilian version of the reality-show America's Next Top Model (2003), but she refused. According to her sister and public relations, Patricia Bundchen, she doesn't want to pursue a career on television.

According to a Forbes magazine article published in June 2011, Gisele is on track to becoming the world's first billionaire supermodel, and also the first Brazilian female self-made billionaire.

Was discovered by a modeling scout when she was fourteen while on a school trip to Porto Alegre.

Is considered the biggest supermodel in the world, casually called "übermodel".

Is 5 minutes older than twin sister Patrícia.

After Brazilian clothier C&A hired her and started their TV commercials, the sales had an increase of 30%.

Turned down a role in Charlie's Angels (2000) because of her busy agenda.

Two days after the news from her split from Victoria's Secret, she was announced as the new face of Yves Saint-Laurent, as well as the spokesperson of "Liberté", a new fragrance launched by Cacharel. She will also launch her own lingerie collection in a partnership with European giant company H&M. (May 2007).

Has a Yorkshire terrier, Vida (meaning "life" in Portuguese).

After Gisele carried one bag made by British designer Luella Bartley on the catwalk, all the papers ran pictures of her with it, and this created a phenomenon. The company thought they might sell a few, but suddenly they had waiting-lists everywhere for what was already being called the "Gisele". The success of the Gisele bag propelled Luella into the highly lucrative accessories market.

Her mother, Vânia Bundchen, is of German descent.

Spokesmodel of Dolce & Gabbana.

Spokesmodel of Ralph Lauren.

Gisele was the fourth model in the history to grace the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, in 2000, with the title "The most beautiful girl in the world".

#35 on Forbes Magazine 2007 Top 100 Celebrity List, with earnings of $33 million between June of 2006 and June of 2007.

Considers Brazilian actress Carolina Dieckmann the most beautiful woman in the world.

Elle magazine bosses surveyed the nation's leading stylists and asked them to name the star whose hair is a favourite for their clients. More than 50 per cent gave Gisele the title of best hair in Hollywood, while Sienna Miller came in at number two and Nicole Richie's short bob was voted number three. Natalie Portman's pixie cut came in fourth.

Both she and her husband, NFL quarterback Tom Brady, have a notoriously strict diet. According to their family chef they don't eat white sugar, white flour, MSG, olive oil, canola oil, salt, tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, eggplants, coffee, or dairy.

Named by Rolling Stone magazine as the biggest Brazilian popstar of all times. (2006).

Ranked at number 16 on Forbes magazine list with the 20 richest women on entertainment (2007).

Economist Fred Fuld has developed a stock indice to measure the performance of the companies represented by Gisele at the Dow Jones Industrial Average. According to Fuld, the Gisele Bundchen Stock Index was up 15% during the period between May of 2007 and July of 2007, substantially outperforming the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which was up 8.2%.

In Portuguese her name is pronounced with a long e at the end (such as Penelope or Chloe) but she doesn't care if people pronounce it as "zhi sell".

She has received the "Model of the Year" award and has been named "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" by Rolling Stone and the "perfect body in the world" by The Sunday Times.

Stated that if she were younger and would start career in this era, she wouldn't want to do it, because of social media.

Though husband Tom Brady has been friends with President Trump for many years, she emphatically denied supporting him.

In 2004, she and her boyfriend, Leonardo DiCaprio, visited the "Xingu", a famous Brazilian Indian Reserve. The visit was made almost anonymously.

Her father, Valdir Bundchen, is a Brazilian university teacher and writer, with two books published.

Spokesmodel of Strenesse.